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Coyote
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Message 18 of 96 (769967)
09-27-2015 12:37 PM 		Reply to: Message 17 by Tangle
09-27-2015 12:32 PM

Tangle writes:
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...people like you have been proclaiming 'the end is nigh' for thousands of years ever since.
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And Armageddon tired of it!
Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
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How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein
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It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
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If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
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If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
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"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
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Message 42 of 96 (770001)
09-27-2015 5:22 PM 		Reply to: Message 29 by Tanypteryx
09-27-2015 1:53 PM

And now for something totally different...
It seems like splitting hairs a bit, to me.
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Or, you could be biblical about it, ala Solomon, and split heirs.
Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
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How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?--Robert A. Heinlein
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It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
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If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
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If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
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"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.
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